Sleigh



(No Model.) G. DEARBORN.

\ SLEIGH. No. 282,963. Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. DEARBOBN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SLEIGH.

. SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\l'o. 282,963, dated August 14,. 1883.

r Application filed October 28, 1882. (No model.)

To a whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON DEARBORN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new andnseful Improvements in the Construction of Sleighs, of which the following is a specification.-

The object of my invention is to provide a .fiI'lll device for uniting the lower fralne-work ofa sleigh with the body of the same. l at tain this obj ect by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- and Fig. 3 is a perspective view, showing the double-webbed bracket which I use for uniting the several parts. I

In the drawings, A represents one of the rails of a sleigh-body. D represents one of the cross-bars of the frame, and L a standard for connecting the crossbar D to the runner of the sleigh. These several parts may be made in any of the well-known styles and require no further description. p

The connecting device or bracket B B B is made in the shape shown in the several draw ings, Fig. 3 being a perspective view of the same. This double-webbed bracket is placed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the webs B B embrace the crossbar D and the standard L, while the upper flange, B, forms a broad and secure support for the rail A.

H and H are the ordinary iron braces, which extend from the cross-bar D to the runner.

The rear part, B of the webs may be ex B B B, this extension being provided with a recess, N, Figs. 1 and 3, into which the guardrail may be inserted.

E is a bolt which passes through the braces HH, the two webs, B B B B of the bracket,

and the cross-bar D, thus fastening all the parts together in a secure and substantial 1nanner. r

K, Figs. 1 and 2, is a rivet which passes through the upper end of the standard L. The

number of the bolts and rivets may be varied to suit the requirements of each case. Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The combination of the cross-bar D, stand- B B provided with horizontal wing-piecesB, adapted to support the rail, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the rail A, bracket -ard L, and rail A with the bracket piece B B B B B B?, provided with horizontal wings B for supporting the rail, with the extensionpieee M M recessed on its upper surface at N, and thus adapted to receive the guard-rail,

substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE WASHINGTON DEARBORN.

NVitnesses:

HELEN M. FEEGAN, WILLI M EDSON. 

